Hector Xavier Monsegur, who by the US governmentâs calculations participated in computer hacker attacks on more than 250 public and private entities at a cost of up to $50m in damages, was released from a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday after the judge saluted his âextraordinary cooperationâ with the FBI.
Monsegur, or âSabuâ as the celebrated hacker was known, was sentenced to time served â equivalent to the seven months he spent in prison last year â plus a yearâs supervised release, in reward for having spent much of the past three years working as a federal informant. He had been facing a maximum sentence according to official guidelines of more than 26 years.